Big fiery ball visible from outer space. I need some good advice.
Jorenne:
I actually had this exact same issue on my old PC, even down to completely reinstalling windows, which didn't solve the problem, just as your case.
I found it to be a graphics driver issue, as something in the new drivers was incomaptable with something else in my system and I had to roll back three or four driver versions to finally get the PC to boot up as it should. To be honest, I didn't find the solution on my own, but I have a friend who works tech support for a large company. I know it doesn't seem logical, but what have you got to lose by trying?
Renatus:
Just for the record, graphics cards can and will affect bootup - faulty graphics cards can prevent a computer from making it past POST (the part right at the start where it beeps) at all.
ZephyrZodiac:
Sorry, I was assuming the graphics card itself was not the problem, ie that it was not faulty! But surely you can check that out with dxdiag (on the 1 in 30 occasions you can actually get past bootup)?
Renatus:
I'm concurring with the others saying it could be a graphics driver problem (which can cause Windows to fail to boot up normally at all), or some other hardware problem. But honestly, if you can find a computer repair technician to physically look at your computer, that is your best bet. Trying to diagnose through text or verbal descriptions is terribly limited; a repair tech has access to all sorts of stuff, including extra computers to test suspicious parts in and known good parts to test in suspicious computers, that most regular people don't. If you can get recommendations for a good place, that's best. Try to avoid recommendations to take your computer to someone's buddy unless you really trust the person being recommended.
I always felt uncomfortable trying to diagnose someone's computer over the phone when I was working as a repair tech, because it's hard to tell exactly what is wrong with it without being able to see and hear the thing and perform physical tests. When I actually had the computer in my hands to poke at, though, I could figure out most problems damned fast.
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